diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0 AS build
+WORKDIR /source
+
+# copy csproj and restore as distinct layers
+COPY *.sln .
+COPY DotnetApiPostgres.Api/*.csproj ./DotnetApiPostgres.Api/
+RUN dotnet restore
+
+# copy everything else and build app
+COPY DotnetApiPostgres.Api/. ./DotnetApiPostgres.Api/
+WORKDIR /source/DotnetApiPostgres.Api
+RUN dotnet publish -c release -o /app
+
+# final stage/image
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:10.0 AS final
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=build /app ./
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["dotnet", "DotnetApiPostgres.Api.dll"]
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
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+services:
+  web_api:
+    container_name: person_api_app
+    build: .
+    image: people-api:1.0.0
+    ports:
+      - 8080:8080
+    environment:
+      - ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT=Production
+      - ASPNETCORE_URLS=http://+:8080
+      - ConnectionStrings__default=Host=db;Database=PersonDb;Username=postgres;Password=p@55w0rd
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+        restart: true
+  db:
+    image: postgres:16.9-bullseye
+    container_name: postgres_db
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: p@55w0rd
+    volumes:
+      - postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    healthcheck:
+      test: [ "CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres" ]
+      interval: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+volumes:
+  postgres_data: